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Attorneys say they now represent multiple whistleblowers, one with first-hand knowledge about Trump’s phone call with Ukraine’s leader.

Meanwhile, Trump pulls troops from the Syrian border, clearing the way for a Turkish assault on Kurdish fighters who allied with U.S. forces to defeat ISIS.

And lastly, Trump tries to distract from impeachment talk by banning immigrant visas for anyone who can’t afford private health insurance.

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The New York Times reports that last year, for the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest Americans paid a lower total tax rate than any other income group. That’s a sharp change from the 1950s and 1960s, when the wealthy paid vastly higher tax rates than the middle class or poor.

More Trump allies are being accused of corruption in Ukraine. The Associated Press reports that a circle of businessmen and Republican donors used connections to Rudy Giuliani and Trump to install new management at the top of Ukraine’s enormous state gas company and steer lucrative contracts to companies controlled by Trump allies.

Former Trump Organization executive Barbara Res told CNN that she thinks President Trump may resign rather than face possible removal from office by impeachment. Said Res: “My gut is that he’ll leave office, he’ll resign. Or make some kind of a deal. He does a lot of things to save face.”

Politico Reports that the impeachment fight against Trump is quickly surpassing the reach of the presidential impeachment battles under Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, swallowing even larger swaths of the federal government. According to Politico, the whistleblower complaint and the resulting investigative sprawl are making the probe harder for Trump and his White House to stamp out, with Democrats gaining new avenues to uncover damaging details that contradict Trump.